Chapter 3
"Yakumo, the King of the Netherworld, was your father Botan," whispered Raven, looking into her daughter's eyes.
The room was filled with silence. Botan was reeling all the information in. Her mother got pregnant by the man who tried to kill her and her friends. Threatened her home. Almost destroyed the Human World. And then was killed by her best guy friends. She didn't know how to feel. She felt glad that she finally knew who her father was, but sad that she would never know him even if he were still alive. Guilty that she was part of the man that had tried to kill her best friends and threaten her homeland, yet hatred towards him for doing all those things as well.
Her friends, she didn't know how to react towards them. Should she hate them for killing her father or pride in them for saving the Human World? She should be grateful that they saved her life, but she was pained by the fact that they killed someone who should have meant a lot to her.
As for her mother… Her mother was looking at her as if willing her to say something. So she decided to get her words out.
"You lied to me." Botan blurted, taking back her hand.
"Yes," Raven replied calmly.
"Why? You knew who my father was. You said that he was no one important. That he died in your arms…" Botan could feel the anger in her start to boil. Standing up she started to pace back and forth. She wanted to hit her mother. She wanted to hurt something. She started to wonder if this is how the guys felt when their families or friends were being threatened.
"Your father did die in my arms. The man who he became afterwards was not the man I fell in love with. When I found out what your father had done, he did become of no one importance," explained Raven, also standing on her feet, watching her daughter.
"So you told me your half of the truth," Botan accused her, coming to a halt in front of her.
"I didn't know how to tell you," Raven explained.
"You could have just told me," Botan spat.
"I wanted to protect you from him…" Raven began.
Botan snapped. "NEWSFLASH MOM! IT DIDN'T WORK! HE TRIED TO KILL ME AND MY FRIENDS! HE ALMOST DESTROYED THE HUMAN WORLD!" Botan shouted, her body shaking with rage and hurt. Her eyes gathering tears, threatening to fall.
"AND HOW WOULD THAT HAVE CHANGED THINGS?" yelled Raven, her voice turning icy.
"I COULD HAVE TRIED TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT!" shrieked Botan. "I COULD HAVE TOLD HIM THAT I WAS HIS DAUGHTER!"
SMACK!
There was a stunned silence in the room. Raven's right hand covered her mouth in shock. Botan's head was stuck to the right, her cheek turning red from the slap she received from her mother. Slowly, she raised her left hand to her cheek, turning her head to look at her mother.
Raven took a step to her daughter, "Botan…"
Botan took a step back. "Don't. Don't touch me."
Raven froze. Looking at her daughter, she saw hatred and pain in those purple eyes. Raven felt a tear run down her cheek. "Botan…"
"I hate you."
As soon as those three words came out in a hiss from Botan's mouth, she knew that she had succeeded in hurting her mother. Not physically, like she had wanted to, but emotionally. Looking away from her mother, she turned and quickly walked to her room. Not bothering to turn on her overhead light, she fumbled around her messy room until she was able to collapse onto her bed. Turning her head into the pillow to muffle her screams, she felt the rush of tears. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Botan was able to cry herself to sleep.